Sheet metal bread box



Aug. 21, 1951 HERMANI 2,565,129

SHEET METAL BREAD BOX 7 Filed June 22, 1945 i y'f Patented Aug. 21, 1951UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE:

SHEET METAL BREAD'BOX Louis Hermani, Baltimore, Md;, ass-ignor toContinentalCan Company, Inc., New Yrk, N. Y., a corporation of New YorkApplication June 22, 1945, Serial No. 601,046

(Cl. 31.2-g-328) 2 Claims.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements. in atwo-compartment sheet metal bread box.

An object of the invention is to provide a twocompartment sheet metalbread box 'whichconsists of few parts firmly joined and wherein thesides, topand bottom are shaped at the front endof the boxso'as toprovide inset-door jambs.

A further object" of the invention is to provide'a breadboX of the abovetype wherein the door jambs at the side of the box incline rearwardlywhereby down-folding doors will be held closed by gravity. 1

' In the drawings, which showby way- 0f illustration one embodiment ofthe invention,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of asheet metal bread box embodying thimprovements, the upper'door being closed andthe lower door partlyopen..- w Figure 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of thefr'ont:of-ithe bread box: with parts broken awayto-show the .connectionof thepartition to the sidawalls of .the .boxand the arrangement of the pintleon which the door is hinged.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3--3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a front view of the right hand door corner of the box on anenlarged scale, the door pintle and door being omitted from this View.

Figure 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Figure 4 with the doorpintle and door in place and the door partly open.

The invention has to do with a sheet metal bread box. The bottom, rearside or back, and the top are all made of one piece of metal which ispreferably shaped at the rear so as to provide a gradually roundedportion where the top merges into the back and also a rounded portionwhere the back merges into the bottom. Sheet metal one-piece sides aresecured to the bottom, back and top by seaming or clinching. The box isdivided into two compartments by a horizontal partition.

The front edges of the bottom, top, and sides are bent laterally, thenceinwardly, and thence again laterally so as to provide inset door jambs.The partition is also bent downwardly and beaded so as to provideseparated door jambs.

There is a door for each compartment and the doors are mounted so as tofold down. The front of the box is inclined rearwardly so that when thedoors are in closed position against the door jambs they will restthereon by gravity.

Referring in more detail to the drawings, the improved sheet metal breadbox includes a bottom I, a back 2, and a top 3. The bottom; back and topare made fromone piece of metal. The metal of the: top where itsjoinsthe metal of the back is roundedzasxinditzatedat. 4-in Figure 1..Likewise, the" metalof the bottom is roundedas indicated at 5 in Figure1.

' Joinedto the bottom, back, and sides atv each end'ofthe boxis a singlepiecesheet metal side 6. The side wall is flanged all the way around andthis flange of the side wall is rolled with a projecting portion of.the. bottom, back, and top into-a seam indicated'at 1 inFigu're 4 of thedrawings; This character of seam iswel1 known'in the art and detaileddescription thereof is not thought necessary. This is a very simple way.of forming a very rigid connection between the sides and the remainderofthe body portion of the box.-

The front end portions of the sides of the box are bent laterallyinwardly toward each other as indicated at 8 in: the drawings. Theselaterally bent portions 8 are thence bent rearwardly at!) and then againI laterally inwardly at Ill, thus forming inset door jambs for. thedoors- The bottom I is likewise bent laterally in an upward direction asindicated at H in Figure 5, thence rearwardly as indicated at l2, andagain laterally inwardly in an upward direction as indicated at [3. Thisforms a door jamb extending across the bottom of the box. The laterallyprojected portion I3 of the bottom and the laterally inset portion In ofthe side wall are lapped and secured together by a rivet I4.

The top of the box is similarly constructed. It is bent downwardly,thence rearwardly, and thence downwardly to form an inset door jambwhich laps onto the door jambs of the side walls and is riveted thereto.

The interior of the box is divided into two compartments by a partition[5. This partition is horizontal and is so disposed as to divide the boxinto two substantially equal compartments. The partition at its ends hasdownwardly bent flanges l6 which are secured by rivets I! to the sidewalls of the box. The partition at the front edge thereof is bentdownwardly at l8 and is beaded at l!) intermediate the upper and lowerportions of the downwardly bent part so as to provide two spaced doorjambs extending across the front of the box. This downwardly projectingportion of the partition is extended as indicated at 20 in Figure 2 soas to overlap the door jamp ID of the side member and is secured theretoby riveting as indicated at 2|.

The top, bottom, and side walls are so dimensioned and shaped that thedoor jambs referred to above incline rearwardly from the bottom towardthe top.

The lower compartment is closed by a door 22 and the upper compartmentis closed by a door 23. A pintle rod 25 is located adjacent the inwardlybent part l2 and extends all the way across from the one inwardly bentportion 9 of the side wall to the other and extends through theseinwardly bent portions so as to be supported thereby. The door 22 isformed of a single piece of sheet metal and at the bottom is loopedabout the pintle rod 25 as indicated at 26 in Figure of the drawings.The upper door is similarly constructed and is hingedly connected to apintle rod 21 located adjacent the partition and extending all the wayacross and through the inwardly bent portions 9 of the side walls.

When the doors are in closed position they rest on the door jambs whichare inset as noted above so that the doors are substantially housedwithin the openings therefor. Inasmuch as the door jambs inclinerearwardly the doors will be held in closed position by gravity so thatno latches are necessary for holding the doors tightly closed.

The bottom wall I of the box may be provided with an opening 28 whichgreatly facilitates the removal of crumbs and the like from the lowercompartment. This opening may be covered by a slide 29.

It will be obvious that minor changes in the details of the constructionand the arrangement of parts may be made without departing from thespirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A two-compartment sheet metal bread box comprising a one-piecebottom, back and top, one-piece sides seamed thereto, a horizontalpartition dividing the box into two compartments, said bottom, top andsides having their front end portions bent laterally inwardly, thenrearwardly, and again laterally inwardly to form inset door jambs, saidpartition being bent downwardly and beaded intermediate the upper andlower ends thereof so as to form spaced door jambs, a door for closingeach compartment, each door being hinged at the lower edge thereof toswing outwardly and downwardly when opened, the sides, top and bottombeing dimensioned so that the side door jambs incline rearwardly fromthe bottom toward the top whereby the doors resting thereon will be heldclosed by gravity.

2. A two-compartment sheet metal bread box comprising a one-piecebottom, back and top, one-piece sides seamed thereto, a horizontalpartition dividing the box into two compartments, said bottom, top andsides having their front end portions bent laterally inwardly, thenrearwardly, and again laterally inwardly to form inset door jambs, saidpartition being bent downwardly and headed intermediate the upper andlower ends thereof so as to form spaced door lambs, hinge pintle rodsadjacent the partition and bottom and extending through the rearwardlybent portions of the sides, and a onepiece door hingedly connected toeach pintle for independently closing the compartments, said sides, topand bottom being dimensioned so that the side door jambs inclinerearwardly from the bottom toward the top whereby the doors restingthereon will be held closed by gravity.

' LOUIS HERMANI.

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